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Educational(work)performance in african countries: problems, policies and prospects
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Without education, development will not occur, only an educated people can command the skills necessary for sustainable … organization have put so much emphasis on supporting educational expansion and improvement in Africa. However, education in Africa … decline; talented staff are abandoning the campuses; libraries are out dated; research output are dropping, students are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789250
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Technological Change and Immigration Policy
Gomez-Ruano, Gerardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
technology changes as it has in the last decades and education has an increasing cost, then it is optimal to allow some low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262751
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“Better Safe than Sorry” - Individual Risk-free Pension Schemes in the European Union - Macroeconomic Benefits, the Mobile Working Citizen’s Perspective and Why Nots
Peeters, Marga - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Variations between the diverse pension systems in the member states of the European Union hamper labour market mobility … accounts. This would have macroeconomic benefits and provide a solid pension provision that can enhance mobility, instead of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322625
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Do University Rankings Matter for Growth?
Tan Kuan Lu, Clifford - 2014
I investigate the relationship between university rankings and economic growth and found that the relationship is statistically significant. The more the number of universities that a country has in international university rankings, the higher its GDP per capita. What is more surprising is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061096
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Gender stereotyping and wage discrimination among Italian graduates
Castagnetti, Carolina; Rosti, Luisa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper addresses the gender pay gap among Italian university graduates on entry to the labour market and stresses the importance of gender stereotypes on subjective assessment of individual productivity. Our data show that in contexts where the stereotype is most likely to occur, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694220
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The impact of illegal immigration on U.S. economy
Maha, Sorin-Stefan; Maha, Liviu-George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper explores the impact of the illegal immigration on the U.S. economy in a context where the immigration phenomenon in this country is one of scale, taking into account its effects on the labor market, on consumption, budget equilibrium and American business. Nation founded by...
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Impact of adverse economic shocks on the Indian child labour market and the schooling of children of poor households
Karan Singh, B - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper analyses the impact of adverse economic shocks on human capital formation in the case of India. It uses the extended theoretical model of Basu and Van (1998). The study has been carried out for the period between 1999 and 2002 and covers 385 districts. The results show that during a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021984
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Main features of the labour policy in Portugal
Moniz, António; Woll, Tobias - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
, diversity); b) Education and training (skilling outcomes, rules on retraining and further training, employability schemes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790119
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An explanation of the occupational and educational structure of employment by means of multinomial logit
Peeters, H.M.M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1990
The fixed coefficient manpower requirements approach provides information on shifts in the occupational and educational structure of employment over time, but neglects the substitution between the various occupations and educational groups. In this study shifts in the structure of 83 occupations...
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The Us Dollar, the Euro, and the Yen : An Evaluation of Their Present and Future Status as International Currencies
Beckmann, Rainer - 2010
The paper evaluates the present and future international currency status of the US dollar, the euro and the yen. In section two the functions, benefits, and costs of a leading international currency are discussed. In section three key determinants for the continuous dominance of the US dollar...
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